City-to-city linkages in a mobile society: the role of urban networks in Eurocities and Sister Cities

Baycan-Levent, Tüzın; Kundak, Seda; Gülümser, Aliye Ahu

doi:10.1504/ijstm.2008.020349

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“…According to the statistics from Sister Cities International website of United States, trade activities have witnessed an increase since the inception of the program (Sister Cities International, 2006). Baycan‐Levent et al (2008) found that such cities have the potential to significantly improve bilateral trade and economic interactions between cities. International friendship cities, according to Mascitelli & Chung (2008), can strengthen the national trade foundation and boost long‐term bilateral trade potential.…”

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International friendship cities, spatial spillover effect and urban export growth: Evidence from China

Zhou,

Cao

2024

Australian Economic Papers

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Using a spatial econometric model, this study investigates the impact of international friendship cities on urban exports in China at the city level. The results demonstrate a significant spatial spillover effect of international friendship cities on China's urban exports, benefiting not only the local area but also the neighbouring cities. Mechanism tests indicate that international friendship cities foster export growth in both local and adjacent cities by accumulating international social capital. Additionally, we identify a spatial spillover interval (within 700 km) and a siphonic interval (beyond 800 km) in the effect of international friendship cities on the urban exports of surrounding cities. This study sheds light on the role of international friendship cities in driving urban export growth in China.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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International friendship cities, spatial spillover effect and urban export growth: Evidence from China

Zhou,

Cao

2024

Australian Economic Papers

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“…Furthermore, Baycan‐Levent et al (2010) show that the existence of any former relationship, economic benefit, and city characteristic similarity affect the success of establishing a friendship‐city relationship. And Baycan‐Levent et al (2008) find that both sides of European friendship cities enjoy an increase in investment growth through a small‐sample questionnaire survey. Albeit an intriguing question to the international community, there are few empirical studies to analyze whether friendship‐city relations have generated real effects on emerging economies.…”

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Investigating whether connecting people can promote subnational economic development: Evidence from China–ASEAN friendship cities

Pang

Tang

Xie

2022

International Studies of Economics

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Whether maintaining a close relationship with China can benefit economic performance in the postpandemic era is a crucial concern for countries around the world. This study employs the difference‐in‐difference (DID) model and propensity score matching to estimate the impact of connecting people proposed by the Belt and Road Initiate (BRI) on the subnational economic development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cities. The quasi‐natural experiment of DID is based on the establishment of China–ASEAN friendship cities. We capture the ASEAN subnational economic development by calibrated satellite nighttime light data. Our findings show that the establishment of a friendship‐city relationship has a positive impact on the subnational economic development of China–ASEAN cities. Further analysis indicates that bilateral trade, China's direct investment in contracted projects, and mutual visits by national leaders may be the underlying channels for boosting the economic development of China–ASEAN friendship cities. This study contributes to the literature on friendship city and provides ex‐ante implications on the BRI from the perspective of connecting people with first‐hand empirical evidence.

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“…Baycan et al [36] emphasized that international friendship cities have shifted from the "reciprocal stage" of providing communication activities to the "economic stage" of a close business relationship, thus giving multinational enterprises new ownership advantages and reflecting the inter-state political relations influence over OFDI. Wang's use of the number of sister cities proves that the sister city is conducive to the political interaction between the two cities, building a development platform for direct investment enterprises, providing consulting services, and assisting enterprises to actively explore the market [37].…”

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China’s Outward FDI in Indonesia: Spatial Patterns and Determinants

Supriyadi

Wang

2018

Sustainability

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China has gradually become an important world investor with the implementations of its “Going Global” and “Belt and Road” strategy initiatives. Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic country, and has the largest economy of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). Therefore, Indonesia is an important node for China’s implementation of its “Belt and Road” initiative. However, the existing research results regarding China’s OFDI (Outward Foreign Direct Investment) in Indonesia have indicated that little focus has been placed on the distribution patterns and determinants at the provincial levels. In this study, spatial analysis and mathematical statistics methods were used to analyze the temporal and spatial pattern evolution characteristics of China’s OFDI in Indonesia for the period ranging from 2006 to 2016. Also, the mechanism of the pattern evolution was quantitatively identified. The results obtained in this research study indicated the following: (1) China’s OFDI in Indonesia was observed to be characterized by fluctuations in investment amounts and rising numbers of investment projects, also, the investment amounts and number of projects were spatially dispersed; (2) the overall spatial evolution of China’s OFDI in Indonesia was found to be characterized by certain patterns, such as “west higher than the east, and south higher than the north” patterns. Moreover, the direction of the investment gravity center was determined to be obviously distinct during different periods; (3) high-level investments were found to be focused in only a few provinces, meanwhile, the majority of the provinces continued to be in a low-level stable state of investment from China; (4) this study’s OLS (Ordinary Least Square) regression and step-wise regression models revealed that institutional factors, political relations, and human resources were the most important factors which had affected China’s OFDI in Indonesia during the study period.

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City-to-city linkages in a mobile society: the role of urban networks in Eurocities and Sister Cities

Cited by 14 publications

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International friendship cities, spatial spillover effect and urban export growth: Evidence from China

International friendship cities, spatial spillover effect and urban export growth: Evidence from China

Investigating whether connecting people can promote subnational economic development: Evidence from China–ASEAN friendship cities

China’s Outward FDI in Indonesia: Spatial Patterns and Determinants

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